On Wednesday 06 July 2005 09:23 am, Nate Carlson wrote: > On Wed, 6 Jul 2005, Perry Hoekstra wrote: > > I was trying to keep the floppy drive out of the picture. It is not > > really useful. What is a USB jump drive? How is it different than the > > standard USB thumb drives everyone uses? > > Different term for the same thing - I believe 'jump drive' is Lexar's > specific brand. > Yes, sorry. I have one (not a Lexar) and I call it a jump drive. It is kind of catchy and easy to say. I guess it is like Kleenex - a brand name that has become the de facto standard for tissue paper.